Big pharma’s devastating retreat from the UK September 16, 2025 Merck and AstraZeneca’s withdrawal from UK investment is a warning signal to Rachel Reeves – but is she listening? Asks Oliver Dean Both AstraZeneca and Merck’s decision to abandon their respective UK expansions is more than a corporate setback. It is a catastrophic loss of jobs, investment and future innovation and the public are now [...]
Google pledges £5bn investment as it opens first UK data centre September 16, 2025 Google has pledged to invest £5bn into the British economy as it opens its first owned and operated data centre in the UK. The tech giant said the investment, which comprises capital spending and research and development over the next two years, will bolster its AI-powered projects in science and healthcare, creating more than 8,000 [...]
The Producers, London musical review: the West End’s most shocking show September 16, 2025 The Producers musical review and star rating: ★★★★ Sequinned y-fronts emblazoned with swastikas, floral designs shaped into the Nazi symbol and sing-a-longs including lines like “it’s springtime for Hitler and Germany, Deutschland is happy and gay!” It could only be The Producers, the tongue-in-cheek Nazi musical within a musical written 58 years ago that, despite [...]
Toast the City: Steel Yard founder tells us why his venue should win September 15, 2025 Our Toast the City Awards are celebrating the City’s top spots and takes place this October. This week: The Steel Yard music venue. The finalists have been announced for the inaugural Toast the City Awards, with the finest restaurants, bars, green spaces and more being whittled down to just a handful of names. Now it’s your chance [...]
Trump signals TikTok deal as US operations hinge on agreement September 15, 2025 President Donald Trump has suggested that the United States and China have reached a deal on the future of TikTok, the viral video platform owned by Chinese firm ByteDance. Trump said on his own social media platform, Truth Social, that trade talks in Spain “went very well”, and that a deal was reached regarding “a certain company [...]
GBBL confirms delay to 2027 as British basketball plan suffers setback September 15, 2025 GBBL, the organisation awarded the long-term licence to run the top British basketball league from next year, has confirmed that it has delayed its launch until 2027. It comes amid a continued legal battle between the British Basketball Federation and incumbent competition Super League Basketball, which has prompted world governing body Fiba to step in [...]
Scrap quarterly reporting for listed companies, Donald Trump says September 15, 2025 President Donald Trump has called for an end to quarterly reporting for US-listed companies in what would be one of the biggest shake-ups to financial markets seen in years. The US president said companies should “no longer be forced” to report results on a quarterly basis and instead report on a six month basis, emulating [...]
London Broncos to bring in NRL internationals in overhaul September 15, 2025 London Broncos have revealed plans to bring in at least six international players from the NRL after confirming a change in ownership at the rugby league side. Brisbane Broncos legend Darren Lockyer is leading the takeover, alongside mining veteran Grant Wechsel and Gary Hetherington, formerly of Leeds Rhinos, in a bid which they’re hoping will [...]
Erin Doherty on surviving Adolescence, queer storytelling and hating her phone September 15, 2025 Erin Doherty rose to fame as the young Princess Anne in The Crown, but this year has found new success working alongside Stephen Graham on two projects, A Thousand Blows and Adolescence. She tells Adam Bloodworth how playing a child psychologist in the latter ‘consumed’ her, the type of queer stories she’d like to tell [...]
Nuclear plants to be built faster in UK-US energy deal September 15, 2025 Nuclear plants could come online faster in a new deal between the UK and the US aimed at boosting growth in the sector and bolstering energy security. Under plans set to be signed off during US president Donald Trump’s state visit to the UK this week, the time for a nuclear project to get a [...]